No kid zone
Bill has a suggestion for all those who want a grownups night out.
It's kind of mean, but I like it. ... What do you think?
Obviously patrons and workers have complained enough to get smoking banned at all city establishments, but the question is what will be attacked next? (Personally, I do not agree with the smoking ban, but that is another topic) I think establishments that offer smoking and non-smoking sections should keep their partitions and just change their signs to offer children and non-children sections. When entering a restaurant I always make it a point to ask the host or hostess if they have a non-children section. It gives me some amount of pleasure to see the dumbfounded looks on their faces, but it at least guarantees that they will not seat me anywhere in the vicinity of children. It's a dirty little trick, but it hasn't failed yet.
Bill
Comments
He could always spend a little more and go places where kids don't typically attend -- or eat a little later, past their bedtimes.
Posted by: Mary | May 8, 2007 9:56 PM
I think it's a great idea -- particularly @ dinner time -- perhaps a couple of brave restaurants might consider promoting it one or two nights a month for starters.
Posted by: Jane Allan | May 9, 2007 7:40 AM
I completely agree about the kid free zone. If I am spending money for a nice night out, I have no interest in listening to children cry, scream or run around the table. I was at one restaurant when I saw a child nearly knock down a server carrying hot food and the child wasn't chastised. Who would the parents have blamed if the child had been hurt I wonder...
Posted by: Ann | May 9, 2007 8:57 AM
I agree about a kid-free zone or section, particularly in "nice" restaurants. Even when the food and atmosphere are definitely for adults, there's at least one child or infant in the place (probably the same people who bring a child/infant to an "R" rated movie, but that's another issue). Children wouldn't be a problem, if parents would actually parent their children rather than letting them run wild and do as he/she pleases. It's really more of a parenting issue than the children's fault most of the time--they simply aren't taught any better.
Posted by: Desiree Kroeger | May 9, 2007 2:31 PM